It’s time for all the couch playing rugger huggers to get out and join Hout Bay’s real Sportsmen and Women in the Cape’s greatest (and noisiest) event. However, this year the race could end up with a Stand-up Battle for supremacy.
For the first time stand-up paddlers (SUPs) will be testing their prowess on the water against our Surfskiers. All will start from the beach on separate measured courses which will compare time wise with the expected first runner i.e. +/- 30mins. So a runner, surfskier or SU paddler could win! All will start from the same gun fired by our good friends the Cape Field Artillery who will start this heritage sporting event once again with a historic 25pounder gun with Hout Bay’s Artillerymen standing by. The best place to see the action will be at the beach where we should have enough parking for all. Leave your pets at home – bring the kids and see a great spectacle.
In remembrance of Sept 1795 when Hout Bay's Artillerymen won the day!
Hout Bay's Great Annual Challenge will soon be with us so diarise it now!
One of the Worlds Iconic Sporting Events - The Pamplona Bulls Run, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and:-
HOUT BAY's CANNON RACE
The annual fun race will take place on HERITAGE DAY.
Sat 24th Sept.
Start Gun at 10:00
Race registration from 08:15 on the Beach (Chappies End)
As ever, our good friends, the Cape Field Artillery, will be calling (and firing) the shots.
ENQUIRIES
Runners:- Colin Balderson 083 274 2017 cobald@global.co.za
Surfskiers:- Johann van Blerck 083 253 7425 goldstar@absamail.co.za
Stand-up Paddlers :- Juliette Ball 082 4284374 juliette.r.ball@gmail.com
